IITian CEO claims 1,000 applicants failed coding task, says 'India has big talent issue'
Ashley Paul, Published on Jul 1st, 2025
Umesh Kumar, the IITian CEO of Bengaluru-based AI startup Runable, claimed that 1,000 applicants for a ₹50 lakh/annum job gave "absolute trash submissions" for "basic, simple coding task". "Fk running code, libraries needed for code to work are even missing...At this pay...expecting code that actually runs is justified," Kumar said. "India seriously has a big f***g talent problem," he added.
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